Farm & Food

Our weatherman, Peter Finlayson, reports that the month of July was indeed wet with 130 mm of rain recorded, which is about 60% higher than the 10-year average.

“If you combine June and July, in actuality you have three months of rain in two months,” he said, adding that this is the principle reason all the crops look so lush and green. Temperature was right on the 10-year average at 20.9°C, and heat units were 1848 since May 9th, which is 79 units above the normal, with most of that increase coming during the month of May as July itself was 10 heat units lower than normal at 784 heat units. Sweet corn is on the market and apples have just started with the early varieties, again lots of moisture giving these summer crops a boost.

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